Parents as Teachers helped propel MIECHV reauthorization

As a key member of the National Home Visiting Coalition, Parents as Teachers successfully advocated for the passage of the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022. Included in the final omnibus bill passed in December 2022, the act reauthorized and expanded the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.

The MIECHV program facilitates collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve the health of children and families in under-resourced communities through evidence-based home visiting programs, such as Parents as Teachers.

Currently, approximately one-third of Parents as Teachers’ affiliates receive MIECHV funding and two-thirds of Tribal MIECHV programs implement Parents as Teachers. This five-year reauthorization will grow the program by $400 million, double the tribal set aside to 6%, and allow the continuation of virtual visits. This is the first increase in the program since its inception in 2010.

Parents as Teachers’ vast network helped make this happen! In September, HR8876 logged 183 co-sponsors, 85 Republicans and 98 Democrats, and was approved unanimously in the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. Through constant Hill and field briefings, visits with members of Congress in Washington, D.C., and at home, the rallying of coalition partners, email messages, and calls, this bipartisan bill was approved by both chambers as part of the larger, end-of-year package of bills. The National Center was proud to donate services as fiscal agent of Coalition funds from the Bezos Family Foundation, The Ballmer Group and the Pritzker Family Foundation.

Parents as Teachers helped propel MIECHV reauthorization

As a key member of the National Home Visiting Coalition, Parents as Teachers successfully advocated for the passage of the Jackie Walorski Maternal and Child Home Visiting Reauthorization Act of 2022. Included in the final omnibus bill passed in December 2022, the act reauthorized and expanded the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.

The MIECHV program facilitates collaboration and partnership at the federal, state, and community levels to improve the health of children and families in under-resourced communities through evidence-based home visiting programs, such as Parents as Teachers.

Currently, approximately one-third of Parents as Teachers’ affiliates receive MIECHV funding and two-thirds of Tribal MIECHV programs implement Parents as Teachers. This five-year reauthorization will grow the program by $400 million, double the tribal set aside to 6%, and allow the continuation of virtual visits. This is the first increase in the program since its inception in 2010.

Parents as Teachers’ vast network helped make this happen! In September, HR8876 logged 183 co-sponsors, 85 Republicans and 98 Democrats, and was approved unanimously in the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. Through constant Hill and field briefings, visits with members of Congress in Washington, D.C., and at home, the rallying of coalition partners, email messages, and calls, this bipartisan bill was approved by both chambers as part of the larger, end-of-year package of bills. The National Center was proud to donate services as fiscal agent of Coalition funds from the Bezos Family Foundation, The Ballmer Group and the Pritzker Family Foundation.